Diary

ANKARA (AA) - Here are the main topics Anadolu Agency's English Desk plans to cover on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022 (coverage may change depending on developing/breaking stories):

UK

LONDON - Winner of Conservative Party leadership race to be announced.

TÜRKİYE

ANKARA - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to chair Cabinet meeting.

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to hold press conference with French counterpart Catherine Colonna.

US

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden to deliver remarks over Labor Day in states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.

GERMANY

BERLIN - Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to deliver opening remarks at annual Ambassadors' Conference.

RUSSIA

MOSCOW - Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to hold talks with Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin.

EGYPT

CAIRO - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to start official visit in Cairo.

IRAQ

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to call political rivals for new round of talks.

PAKISTAN

ISLAMABAD - Monitoring developments as unprecedented floods cause massive destruction, kill hundreds, affect over 33 million since mid-June.

UKRAINE

KYIV - Following Russia's war on Ukraine, sanctions, peace efforts, Istanbul grain shipment deal, and related developments.

THE ECONOMY

ANKARA - Türkiye's August inflation data to be released by TurkStat.

LUXEMBOURG - Eurostat to reveal euro area retail sales for July.

SPORTS

NEW YORK - US Open tennis tournament.

MILAN/PRAGUE- Matches in Group C, D in 2022 FIBA European Basketball Championship.

SPECIAL REPORT

School dropout rate increasing in Bangladesh amid rising poverty, income disparity

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Fourteen-year-old Nira in the Sonaray village of northern Nilphamari Sadar could not take her class eight final examination because her family married her in the middle of the school year.

SPECIAL REPORT

Kashmir’s football trick shot player grabs international attention

By Nusrat Sidiq

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) - Football trick shot player Shah Huzaib is busy assembling balls and baskets to practice his craft at home in the Budgam district of Kashmir.